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(No Model.)

B. G. DOSGH & F. 0. SAWHILL.

ATTACHMENT FOR GAS STOVES.

No. 410,504. Patented Sept. 3, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENTON G. DOSCH AND FRANK C. SATVIIILL, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYL- VANIA.

ATTACHMENT FOR GAS-STOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,504, datedSeptember 3, 1889 Application filed August 10, 1887. Renewed February19, 1889. Serial No. 300,493. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, BENTON G. DOSCH and FRANK C. SAWHILL, bothresidents of Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAttachments for Gas Stoves; and we do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification, and in which Figure l is a perspective viewof our improved attachment for gas-stoves, showing the same in itsoperative position; and Fig. 2 is a central transverse verticalsectional view of the same.

The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in bothfigures.

Our invention consists in a new and improved attachment for cook-stovesusing natural gas for fuel, which will be hereinafter fully describedand claimed.

Referring to the several parts by letter, A indicates the top plate ofour attachment for gas-stoves, which may be formed either perfectlysolid or with openings B B and lids C O for the same, which lids may beturned back or removed entirely when desired.

To place our improved attachment in position in a cook-stove using gas,the lids and the cross-bar between the same are removed from the frontof the stove and the attachment placed in position in the front of thestove, with edges or flange A of the top plate A resting upon the top ofthe stove proper, and to the forward part of this top plate is rigidlysecured the front plate D, which may be made of any desired length toprotect the front of the stove from heat, and which is preferably madeof such a length that its lower edge rests upon the grate of the stove.

To the back of the top plate A is hinged at its upper longitudinal edgethe longitudinal damper E, and in the back of the top plate is arrangedthe lever or handle F for raising or lowering the damper. The upper endof this handle extends over the top of the top plate A, so that thedamper can be adjusted from the outside, and the lower end of the handleis provided with a horizontal arm F, which engages with the damper andswings it back into a horizontal position as the handle is turned oneway or the other by means of the portion F. In place of this form ofadjust ing-handle, however, the lever or handle may have its outer endextended over to the side of the attachment, so that the damper can beadjusted from the side of the stove, as will be readily understood.

The attachment is placed in position in the forward part of thegas-stove over the perforated pipes which furnish the gas to the stove,so as to inclose or extend over the flames, with the lower edge of thelongitudinal front of the attachment resting down upon the grate, andthe edge flange of the top plate A resting upon the top of the stove,while the lower edge of the damper, when the latter is down in itslowermost position, will rest upon the forward edge of the top of thebake-oven G of the stove, as shown in the drawings, when it will be seenthat the heat will be confined to the front part of the stove-to theattachment, in fact while the rear part of the stove remainscomparatively cool, thus enabling a person to do a great deal of cookingwith considerable less fuel than would otherwise be necessary. As theheat is confined almost entirely to the attachment itself, its use doesaway with the intense heat in the kitchen caused byahot stove, the stoveproper remaining comparatively cool, and as soon as the cooking iscompleted and the gas turned off the stove will be entirely cool in ashort time, as the attachment can be removed from the stove as soon asthe gas is turned off. The damper, which prevents the heat frompenetrating to other parts of the stove, can be opened and shut asdesired from the outside by means of its adjusting-handle 1 so as to cutthe heat off entirely from the rear of the stove or admit a part thereofto escape from the attachment when desired.

The attachment, which is in the form of an inverted box or hood, may beconstructed of any light thin metalsuch as sheet or cast iron, zinc, orcopper and may be made with or without top holes in the top plate A andlids for the same. The end pieces I I of the attachment can be recessedat their lower 1 E i i l with a horizontal arm adapted to engage withthe damper when the upper end of the handle is operated.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereuntoaflixed our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

BENTON G. DOSCH.

FRANK C. SAWI-IILL. WVi tn esses:

JAMES P. STEWART, WM. H. STERRETT.

